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turtle-head

turtle-head is the alternative form of turtle head.

Meaning of turtle head

Verb

turtle head (third-person singular simple present turtle heads, present participle turtle heading, simple past and past participle turtle headed)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, slang, vulgar) To emerge partially from the body, as a result of heightened internal pressure in the bowels.
  2. (euphemistic, idiomatic, intransitive, slang, vulgar) To struggle to keep an imminent bowel movement wholly inside oneself.

Forms of turtle-head

third-person singular presentturtle-heads
present participleturtle-heading
past participleturtle-headed
pastturtle-headed

Questions about turtle-head

What is turtle-head the alternative form of?
Turtle-head is the alternative form of turtle head.

Words near turtle-head in the dictionary

  1. turtle-deck
  2. turtle-dove
  3. turtle-doves
  4. turtle-egging
  5. turtle-footed
  6. turtle-head
  7. turtle-heading
  8. turtle-insect
  9. turtle-insects
  10. turtle-kraal
  11. turtle-neck

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Adapted from Wiktionary: turtle-head (page history and authors); turtle head (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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